Wheel



Dec; 15, 1925- 1,566,017

- A. W JONES WHEEL Filed Sept. 12, 25

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AMERICA, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORA- WHEEL.

Original application Med January", 1925, Serial m. 2,920. Divided and this application fled September 12, 1925. Serial No. 55,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WILLIAM J orms, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Birmingham, Eng- 5 land, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wheels of the type havinlgna metal rim and a metal felloe generally own as artillery wheels. My improved wheel includes a felloe having flanged sides which embrace the rim or a portion thereofthe rim being secured to the wheel atthe circumference 16 preferabl by electrically welding.

. An em ent of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a side View; and Fig.2v is a cross-section on line 22 of fieferringin detail to the drawin the wheel comprises two separately ormed side plates 10 and 12 which are preferably 2 united to one another by electric welding. The side plates include ofi'set hub portions 14 and 16, disc-like central portions 18 and 20 and felloe portions 22 and 24, the latter terminating in substantial horizontal por- 80 tions 26 and 28 which embrace annular flat ortions 30 and 32 formed on the rim 34. e rim is of the contour shown best in Fig. 2 and includes beads 36 and 38 formed by bending over the extreme ends of the rim 86 so that the edges 40 and 42 touch or-nearly touch the flat portions 30 and 32. The rim is preferably secured to the felloe portion of 'tral portion and outwardly the wheel by electrically welding. These parts may be united in the manner disclosed in my 00- ending application, Serial No. 2920 filed anuary 16, 1925, of which this case is a division. My rior application discloses a method in whlch the weld between the flanges of the felloe ortions of the wheel and the flat portions 0 the rim is effected by means of an electric current applied through roller-like electrodes which exert a pressure upon the parts being welded.

While-I have described'and shown a wheel of specific cross-section contour, it is not to be construed that I am limited thereto as various modifications may be made without departing from the see e of the invention as defined in the appen ed claim.

What I claim is A wheel of the type described comprising in combination a separately formed rim which in cross section has a depressed cenextending horizontal edge portions, each of said edge portions terminating in a peripheral bead bent inwardly and downwardly and termina substantiall in contact with the outer surface of the orizontal portion, and two separately formed side plates integrally united one with another in the median plane of the wheel from the hub to the felloe, said felloe shaped to e age the sides of the depressed portion of t e rim and having outwardly extending horizontal portions adapted to engnage the edge portions of therim.

witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. I

ARTHUR JONES. 

